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The character 占 (zhàn, zhān) is an ideogrammatic compound formed by the 卜 (bǔ) radical on top, representing a divination crack or the act of divining, and the 口 (kǒu) radical below, meaning mouth. Its original sense described a diviner or shaman speaking the interpretation of a divination result. From this core idea of interpreting signs, the meaning extended to observing and guessing. It later developed the common sense of occupying or seizing a physical space, as well as representing a proportion or percentage of a whole.
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他占了一个座位。
这本书占有重要地位。
敌人占据了城市。
他喜欢占卜未来。
不要占别人便宜。
这块土地占了大片面积。
他的意见占据了讨论的主导地位。
这项技术占据了市场的大部分份额。